NAO warns 'uncertainties' could undermine future effectiveness of UK ETS

Michael Holder
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Greater policy and price certainty needed to ensure effectiveness of UK’s Emissions Trading Scheme (NAO)

The future effectiveness of the UK's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) to incentivise the adoption of clean technologies across carbon-intensive sectors of the economy risks being undermined by policy and...

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